𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬

Chapter 19 - evil smiles

Dae's POV

Aiden's hand softly grazed my waist as he walked me out of Peter's penthouse. Suddenly, he spun me towards him and his hands settled on my waist and my hands on his chest.

I gasped out loud at the sudden movement while he just had that familiar grin on his face.

"Aiden!" I whisper shouted as I squirmed in his arms.

"Shh love, we wouldn't want Peter to hear us, do we?"

"Hear what." I huffed as I gave up trying to get out of his arms.

"Well, since you and Peter have reconciled, I was thinking, what if you or him wants more then a friendship?"

"What do you mean?" I asked him confused.

He sighed and looked around before walking us around the corner and out of sight if Peter decided to leave his penthouse.

"Well, do you have feelings for Peter?"

Straight forward much.

"Maybe? No. I don't know." I was so confused, what did I feel for Peter?

"I'll take that as a yes." He said and grinned down at me.

I rolled my eyes and he carried on talking.

"You see, he doesn't want to admit it, but I see the way he looks at you. He'll deny it until his last breath, but he's fallen for you. And you've fallen for him too."

"Maybe I have. But I don't think a relationship is a very good idea right now. And you said it yourself, he'll deny it until he dies." I felt defeated.

"Yes, well, I can help with that."

My curiosity peaked at that sentence. I gave him a questioning look and he elaborated.

"Well, Peter gets extremely jealous. Like extremely. When he found out that I slept with you, the only thing stopping himself from killing me was, well, me." He said and paused.

"Get to the point Aiden." I said impatiently.

"Well, let's make him jealous again, he might admit his feelings for you to himself and maybe even you if he realizes that you're not going to be waiting for him forever. If we show him that another guy can snatch you up before he even thinks about it, then maybe he'll admit his feelings for you."

What.

"I'm sorry, what."

He looked exasperatedly at me, "We fake date, Pete gets jealous, he realizes he likes you back. BOOM! You're together."

"I don't think it's that simple Aid."

"I think it is." He said and he let go of me and we started walking towards the lift.

"I don't know Aiden." I replied as the elevator reached the top floor.

I walked inside and he stood on the other side of the doors. "Just think about it Dae."

The doors slowly closed, all I could see was Aiden's back as he walked away from me.

Peter's POV

I watched as Aiden walked through the door with a smug smirk on his face. He went straight to my bar and poured himself a glass of bourbon. I joined him and poured a glass of my own.

My father had always told me that if you want something from a person, have the same drink as them and that will establish some kind of trust between you and them and they'll most likely give you what you want.